Why our notion of pesticides best practice needs to radically change
The amenity sector – all those areas that are not agricultural or amateur gardens – is the second largest user
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Water
One city’s response to flood prevention
The city council in Sheffield, my home city, is consulting on its flood prevention strategy. In 2007 the city was hit
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Basic flood protection ‘missing in high risk areas’
Hundreds of thousands of householders in flood risk areas have failed to install basic protection against rising waters, insurers say.
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Rediscovering the River Tees
River Tees Rediscovered is a landscape partnership managed by Groundwork NE & Cumbria and is being delivered across all five
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Local pressure following floods sparked U-turn on dredging, study reveals
A new study has found local pressure in response to flooding in Somerset led to the Environment Agency to resurrect
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Q&A with Sue Evans of the Central Scotland Green Network
Sue Evans is head of development at the Central Scotland Green Network – and co-author of Growing Awareness. She explains
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£12.5m for north England flood defences
A total of £12.5m is being spent on new temporary flood defences in northern England, following a government review. The
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Natural capital: it’s smart to start with cities
What is the starting point for improving our environment? Is it to highlight the positives; the good things that the
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Court of Appeal quashes permission for hydro-electric station on Thames
A council must pay a local hotel owner £55,000 in costs after losing a judicial review over construction of a
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The National Forest: 25 years on
It overcame the doubters to make its mark on the landscape, creating new jobs and reconnecting communities with woodlands in
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The green campus that makes users part of its sustainability
Even if you invest heavily in technology, the way we use buildings can make or break their environmental performance. That’s
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Three UK universities that are leading the way on sustainable buildings
The UK’s higher education sector hasn’t been hit as hard as other parts of the public sector since 2008 and
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Stop sidestepping the issue – we must adapt to climate change now
Climate change is real and the UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 evidence report provides the solid evidence needed to refute
Read moreClimate change solutions stifled by silo policymaking, report finds
‘Silo thinking’ among public sector bodies has been blamed by international experts as one of the key obstacles to tackling
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Review: Eden 2.0 – Climate Change & the Search for a 21st Century Myth
On the back of #Brexit (anything trending has a hashtag, right?) and the spurious claims, counter-claims, slogans, straplines and mistruths,
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Councils must ‘work together’ to tackle threat of flooding, Environment Agency urges
More than five million properties in England are at risk from flooding, according to the chief executive of the Environment
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Cambridge’s water recycling centre looks to the future
The recent £21m upgrade to Anglian Water’s water recycling centre in Cambridge not only future-proofed the site to serve residents
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How Blackpool turned the tide on cleaner water
Blackpool won its first Blue Flag in May and is now vying to secure the same status for the rest
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Creating a new generation of young green leaders
The benefits that high quality, accessible green infrastructure brings to local communities have been well proven. Green spaces provide neighbourhoods
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Councils call for devolved flood funding following MPs’ report
Town hall leaders have called for flood funding to be made more transparent and devolved to local level, following a
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